[cobirds] Pueblo birds 5/30

Hi all,

Since it was cloudy this morning, and I was up very early, mowing the grass, I decided to go birding around a few spots in Pueblo for a couple of hours.

Here are my highlights (mostly just odd things for late May in Pueblo).

Pueblo Reservoir:

Black-necked Stilt - 2 (at Sailboard launching area)

Ruddy Duck - 1

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 1 first year (South Shore Marina)

Herring Gull - 1 adult (South Shore Marina)

Franklin's Gull - 2 (SE Corner of Pueblo Res.)

Also many California and Ring-billed Gulls at the South Shore Marina

Eared and Western Grebes

Pueblo City Park:

Swainson's Thrush - 2 singing

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 singing

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1

Mississippi Kite - 2 (pair at nest)

Green Heron - 2

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (eastern part of park)

Valco Ponds (west of Parking lot):

Eastern Phoebe - 1

 

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO